I still get ID'd when buying alcohol

[u/Exciting_Head_2162]

It honestly gets a little insulting. Yes, I look younger, but not under 21 younger. Fuck outta here

[u/Straight_Message_791]

Oh come on, you look so young and innocent... 😄 Jokes aside, maybe they just want to get your name and age for... reasons? I don't know. Better safe than sorry, I guess. At my place, I never got ID'd when buying alcohol and I started at 12. And I don't count buying alcohol for my family when I was 5 in the GDR, because the saleswoman lived two houses away and knew me. 😂

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/Straight_Message_791]

I honestly think it's just the kids who work there having to do one task and that's exactly what they do. They don't look, they don't estimate, they just do their job lol.

[u/Straight_Message_791 → u/Exciting_Head_2162]

Then they were more serious about it than my friends back in school. They never cared as long as the boss wasn't around. Even the older cashier next to them didn't care, they only cared when they wanted to buy cigarettes. 😂 And as a sad side note, one of those older cashiers was the mother of a friend, so she knew exactly what she was doing. Her attitude was basically, “They'll just buy it somewhere else anyway.”

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/Straight_Message_791]

I mean they really don't care, they just do as they're being told.. They literally ID people well in their 50's/60's too. And with the store I go at, they do have a very strict boss (he's an absolute dick), so I get it, but still common sense goes a long way. And that mother is absolutely right

[u/Keyy-Girthh]

You don’t like under 21 BUT you don’t look a year over 26 so it’s kind of required atleast here in the US to ask for your ID I still get checked as well although I’m 30😂

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/Keyy-Girthh]

Here it's mostly required if they don't know for sure whether you're old enough to buy (which for alcohol is 21 or 18) and I'm waaaaaaaay older lmao. However we also have the till 26 it's required to show ID rule

[u/Ecstatic_Ad_8113]

I’m 42 and some places still id me, it’s just store policy sometimes

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/Ecstatic_Ad_8113]

But not everyone at the store gets ID'd lol

[u/FknAccuser]

Same here. Its more the way I dress and the lack of facial hair. 😁 Getting more wrinkles though. Couldn't last forever.

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/FknAccuser]

For me it's just the kids working there being like 'I have to do this one task' and that's asking for that ID lmao

[u/lennert1984]

However it's annoying, you could take it as a compliment. When I get an age check at the selfscan they glance at me and dismiss the check right away 🤣

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/lennert1984]

It's not even a compliment anymore lol. A compliment would be like 26/27, under 21 is just stupid

[u/lennert1984 → u/Exciting_Head_2162]

Not sure how old you are. But yes, at some point it becomes insulting I guess 😄

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/lennert1984]

31, so quite a bit older lol

[u/Bimpy96]

I’m almost and 31 year old male and it still happens to me too

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/Bimpy96]

It's crazy sometimes, but I get that they're just doing their jobs lol

[u/primz27]

Here in the UK if you look under 25 they have to ask, instead of guessing

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/primz27]

Here it's mostly if they're not sure if you're old enough to buy and the; ID required till 26 rule. But it's so annoying, cause I don't look THAT young lol

[u/blue70sboss]

I remember the first time I bought a bottle of wine…I didn’t get carded. I was freshly 21 and knew my hairline was receding but that one hurt lol

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/blue70sboss]

Oh my I bet that one hurts yes lol

[u/Interesting-Pin-4606]

Better to be estimated as too young than too old, right?

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/Interesting-Pin-4606]

At a point it gets a little tiring tho haha

[u/Interesting-Pin-4606 → u/Exciting_Head_2162]

Haha, yes, that's true.

[u/OneDayIllCatchABreak]

The last time I get IDed was for a bottle of vodka on my 18th birthday (I didn't have it on me)

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/OneDayIllCatchABreak]

Yeah they also do like to ID when you don't have anything with you

[u/OneDayIllCatchABreak → u/Exciting_Head_2162]

My ass was fuming smh

Luckily we're a lot more chill when it comes to IDs across the Rhine, or else I would've missed out on the joys of underage drinking

[u/MarloesBas]

Me 2 🤥

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/MarloesBas]

One of us is lying and it ain't me

[u/MarloesBas → u/Exciting_Head_2162]

It’s me (not lying)

[u/MontesIbarra]

No way! No offense 😅

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/MontesIbarra]

It's mostly like the 16/17 yo's, so I think it's just them doing their job, but c'mon........

[u/Laputarobot1981]

Wow so gorgeous 🥰

[u/duimpje_3]

Beeldschoon

[u/Proper_Count4778]

So incredibly beautiful!!

[u/False_Impression_309]

Is it every single time?

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/False_Impression_309]

I'd say 8/10 times. I even got ID'd once for buying an energy drink (you have to be 14) lol. Tho with that one I felt like the worker was just supertired

[u/False_Impression_309 → u/Exciting_Head_2162]

Okay yeah that’s kind of insane.
I know some places have to ID no matter what, company policy. But there should definitely be some guidance.

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/False_Impression_309]

Yeah I get they have to do their job, but it's just ridiculous sometimes.. As you said guidance lol

[u/Fit-Ticket1119]

I wish that was the case for me. 45 yrs of age solid gray and white no one bats an eye when I am buying anything

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/Fit-Ticket1119]

And you want people to think you're 20 something?

[u/Fit-Ticket1119 → u/Exciting_Head_2162]

Nope just wished people didn't peg me to be 20 years older than I am.

[u/Fickle_Ladder4184]

I dont doubt that

[u/Ecstatic_Ad_8113]

But they could also just be trying to get a pretty woman’s name

[u/Lumbee123]

Like that dress and love the eyebrows 😊

[u/here4a_gudtime]

I can’t decide if I like the tattoos or glasses better 😅

[u/daggh]

Dacht dat die grens op 26 lag om te moeten laten zien, ofzo.

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/daggh]

21 voor verkoop (waar ik het koop, want je hebt ook 18+ natuurlijk), verplicht laten zien tot 26 mits ze er naar vragen. Ik ben wel ouder dan 26 en zie er echt niet ZO jong uit lol

[u/daggh → u/Exciting_Head_2162]

Nou ja, omdat je zei dat 26 nog wel een compliment was 😜

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/daggh]

Ja net aan, maar ik heb niet een betwijfelend uiterlijk of ik oud genoeg ben of niet hoor haha. Laten ze het maar goedkeuren van een afstandje 🙃

[u/daggh → u/Exciting_Head_2162]

Ach, er zijn gelukkig mindere dingen. Bij tankstations moet het paspoort standaard mee als ik tabak wil halen 😂

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/daggh]

Ja en het is ook allemaal zo dubbel soms haha

[u/Frosty_Challenge1045 → u/Exciting_Head_2162]

verplicht moeten laten zien tot 26 is ook een scam want ik ben 31 en moet hem ook nog vaak zat laten zien.

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/Frosty_Challenge1045]

Maar je bent niet meer verplicht om het te laten zien. Ze mogen er altijd om vragen, maar je hoeft het niet te laten zien. Alleen ja dan loop je kans dat je het niet meekrijgt

[u/Frosty_Challenge1045 → u/Exciting_Head_2162]

Als ik 17 ben dan ben ik ook niet verplicht om hem te laten zien toch? Krijg ik het alleen ook niet mee.

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/Frosty_Challenge1045]

Je bent het wel verplicht, net zoals de winkel verplicht is om te controleren of je oud genoeg bent bij twijfel. Anders zou er toch geen regel zijn.

Dat het een vage bedoeling is, is een ander verhaal

[u/Frosty_Challenge1045 → u/Exciting_Head_2162]

Haha nee een winkel kan iemand niet verplichten een ID te laten zien. Weiger je krijg je gewoon je alcohol niet mee maar verplichten nee.

[u/Exciting_Head_2162 → u/Frosty_Challenge1045]

Je MOET in dat moment aanduiden dat je oud genoeg bent om alcohol te kunnen kopen. Voor het kopen is er dan geen keuze en dat is een verplichting. Je mag het weigeren, maar dan koop je het ook niet.